New Delhi, Oct 2 (PTI) GHCL Ltd, India's second-largest soda ash producer, has approached the government seeking anti-dumping duties on soda ash imports from China and other global exporters, as cheap shipments flood the domestic market and erode local producers' margins, the company's managing director said.

The move comes as import share has nearly doubled to 25-26 per cent from a historical 15 per cent, intensifying pressure on India's synthetic soda ash industry, which lacks access to low-cost natural reserves available in countries like China, Turkiye, the US and Kenya.

India accounts for only 6 per cent of global soda ash demand but has been growing at 6 per cent annually, significantly outpacing the global average.

"We have also gone to the government for a protection from this d

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